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confine

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1. confine - Noun

2. confine - Verb

Meaning

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Apartment; place of restraint; prison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Confine yourself to the present. Marcus Aurelius

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. Stephen Hawking

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. Edward Young

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. Mark Twain

I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. Nancy Pelosi

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese Proverb

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